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<blockquote data-quote="homeboytim" data-source="post: 343340" data-attributes="member: 84310">Did you read my first post at the top of this thread?&nbsp; I specified both plus a lot more.&nbsp; Since that post the only thing that changed is that I have switched both of my video decoders to 'ffdshow' in MP configuration.Anyways, I have used other people's advice to apply a bit of a work-around.&nbsp; I did a registry tweak for my ATI gfx card (see <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/codecs-external-players-55/ffdshow-upscaled-tv-adn-xvids-looks-worse-than-sd-45535/" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/codecs-external-players-55/ffdshow-upscaled-tv-adn-xvids-looks-worse-than-sd-45535/</a>), and set ffdshow to always scale my video to 1366 horizontal resolution (1080i).&nbsp; Thanks to those of you&nbsp; that came up with that idea.This seems to have somewhat fixed the problem.&nbsp; Developers take note, this seems like a silly problem that maybe you guys can iron out by version 1.0 release time.&nbsp; There are a LOT of posts related to this issue (black is gray, bad contrast) throughout the forums, and people seem to have varied success fixing it themselves. Contrast/brightness controls in MP would be nice.&nbsp; Plus, I might be wrong it seems like regardless of the video decoders that I pick, my video always looks the same.&nbsp; Maybe it's just my cruddy video card, but other people have noted this issue as well.&nbsp; Regardless, I love MediaPortal and the direction that it is heading.&nbsp; Btw, props to the developers of MP-Tvseries.&nbsp; That plugin is fantastic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="homeboytim, post: 343340, member: 84310"] Did you read my first post at the top of this thread? I specified both plus a lot more. Since that post the only thing that changed is that I have switched both of my video decoders to 'ffdshow' in MP configuration. Anyways, I have used other people's advice to apply a bit of a work-around. I did a registry tweak for my ATI gfx card (see [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/codecs-external-players-55/ffdshow-upscaled-tv-adn-xvids-looks-worse-than-sd-45535/"]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/codecs-external-players-55/ffdshow-upscaled-tv-adn-xvids-looks-worse-than-sd-45535/[/URL]), and set ffdshow to always scale my video to 1366 horizontal resolution (1080i). Thanks to those of you that came up with that idea. This seems to have somewhat fixed the problem. Developers take note, this seems like a silly problem that maybe you guys can iron out by version 1.0 release time. There are a LOT of posts related to this issue (black is gray, bad contrast) throughout the forums, and people seem to have varied success fixing it themselves. Contrast/brightness controls in MP would be nice. Plus, I might be wrong it seems like regardless of the video decoders that I pick, my video always looks the same. Maybe it's just my cruddy video card, but other people have noted this issue as well. Regardless, I love MediaPortal and the direction that it is heading. Btw, props to the developers of MP-Tvseries. That plugin is fantastic. [/QUOTE]

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